Alan Pell Crawford makes Mark Twain’s financial woes and lousy investments seem nearly as entertaining as the humorous writer’s fiction
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Audiobook Review: Hoover by Kenneth Whyte
In “Hoover,” author Kennth Whyte profiles a president suited more to a corporate office than the helm of a great democracy
Audiobook Review: Playing with Fire by Lawrence O’Donnell
Robert Kennedy’s last campaign, anti-establishment protests, and the fading of the party boss—1968 was a year to remember
Audiobook Review: The Last Castle by Denise Kiernan
A witty yet sobering look at how fake piety confers power by peddling bias. Vice Capades implores listeners to always question the motives of vice regulators present and past.
Audiobook Review: Vice Capades by Mark Stein
A witty yet sobering look at how fake piety confers power by peddling bias. Vice Capades implores listeners to always question the motives of vice regulators present and past.
Audiobook Review: Ambition, Pragmatism, and Party
Kaufman’s book clearly portrays Gerald Ford and the honest pragmatism that drove him.
Audiobook Review: Rift in the Earth
Reston’s chronicle of the Vietnam War Memorial is a service to history blurred by the author’s pontifications about the war itself.
Audiobook Review: Al Capone’s Beer Wars
Author John J. Binder and reader David Colacci offer an audiobook that parlays factual analysis into an enlightening and engaging performance
Audiobook Review: Killers of the Flower Moon
Greed has inspired many crimes, but few as heinous as those committed during Osage County, Oklahoma’s “Reign of Terror”…This audiobook makes a haunting experience of David Grann’s relentless exposé of unpunished criminality.
What Was South Pacific’s Legacy on Race?
Some aspects of this classic musical have not aged well.